Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-12
WILD BILL, OF KANSAS
Killing Two soldiers in u Iwinkii"s
but He.itsting at = Monkey.

killing Two soldiers in T~inkiiag.
but He.itsting at = Monkey.
wild Bill was good shot, was he
not"
With the six shooter he was simply
wonderful lu my entertainment | give
All illustration of double shst he made
ont at Hays City. Kan, in the early days,
when he shot two soldiers, one in front Of
him and one directly behind him, each en-
deavoring TO shoot him before he could
draw his gun He killed one and NOR
tally wounded the other, and the two re
boris of the revolver seemed almost as
one. The marvellous feat was the talk of
the country for q long time. In fact,
when | came by there q few days ago one
of the old residents who witnessed the
killing mentioned il to me and said he
could scarcely believe it even after seeing
IL. Bill never missed his mark. | have
seen him take pistol in each hand and
fire with right and left pistol at a can
thrown in the air, hitting it with both
bullets BY the way. | heard very
funny story told on Bill some time ago.
Ii you remember. he married Mrs. Agnes
Lake. widow Of Lake, the circus man.
Bill fairly worshiped his wife, but de-
spite his great love for her she never
could induce him TO quit drinking. He
would come home full Of bad whisky, and
one day Mrs. Hickok said TO him:
= Bill, if you don't quit this drinking
pretty soon you will actually begin 10 see
monkeys
'Monkeys' said he. What do you
mean, little one''
ha,
east drink too much Of the kind of whisky
they get b&ck there they see snakes, but
this awful stuff out here makes them see
monkeys
bill laughed at her and did not give
the matter II second thought, little dream
ing that she had put up job TO break
him of his intemperate habits. There was
a tame monkey in the town-Cheyenne, l
believe it waS-and Mrs. Hickok had in
duced its owner TO loan it to her for a
night. Bill ,ame home that night COM
Portable drunk. and after he had gone to
sleep his wife secured the monkey and
chained 1t TO the foot of the bed. Then
turning down the light little, she too
retired and awaited results. Bill woke
mp in the night burning with thirst and
raised up into sitting posture, intending
to get ont Of bed and get a drink of water.
There, perched up on the footboard, was
the monkey, staring him in the face with
hideous grimaces. He rubbed his bleared
eyes, looked again, and q horrible suspi-
cion came into his befuddled brain. Had
his wife told IA the truth Did he really
have EN-, ti.tally, he sprang out on the
floor, seized IN six shooter, which lay on
a table near, leveled it at the grinning
creature, and said:
Now. old man, IL you are a monkey
you're in u bad fix; il you amt monkey
I'm in bad fix At the same instant hs
fired and the monkey fell over in the age
nies of death His wife, who had bes O
watching the working of her scheme,
sprang up in the bed with a scream, md
Bill, turning 10 her with a broad smi)s Of
the most intense satisfaction. said:
Little woman, congratulate m&, for
have just had a wonderful ESCAPE.
amt as drunk as thought | WAS, and
there's a monkey lyin' there on the floor
that'll never intrude itself into the do,
mestic felicy of another happy family an
make gentleman think he's got the Jim.
jams. Capt. Jack Crawford in Kansa.
City Times.